The development regions of Romania () refer to the eight regional divisions created in

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in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the

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(EU). The development regions correspond to NUTS 2-level divisions in

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. Despite becoming increasingly significant in regional development projects, Romania's development regions do not actually have an administrative status and do not have a legislative or executive council or government. Rather, they serve a function for allocating EU PHARE funds for regional development, as well as for collection of regional statistics. They also co-ordinate a range of regional development projects and became members of the

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when Romania joined the EU on January 1, 2007.

List

There are eight development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of București-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country: *RO1 – Macroregiunea Unu: ** Nord-Vest – RO11; 6 counties; 2,521,793 inhabitants; ** Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,271,066 inhabitants; *RO2 – Macroregiunea Doi: ** Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,226,436 inhabitants; ** Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,367,987 inhabitants; *RO3 – Macroregiunea Trei: ** Sud - Muntenia – RO31; 7 counties; 2,864,337 inhabitants; **

București - Ilfov The București – Ilfov development region () is a development regions of Romania, development region in Romania, encompassing the national capital, Bucharest, as well as the surrounding Ilfov County. As other development regions, it does not hav ...

– RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,259,669 inhabitants; *RO4 – Macroregiunea Patru: ** Sud-Vest Oltenia – RO41; 5 counties; 1,873,606 inhabitants; **

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– RO42; 4 counties; 1,668,921 inhabitants;

Economy

HDI index

List of NUTS2 statistical regions of Romania by

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as of 2022

References

{{Subnational entities by Human Development Index

Geography of Romania Lists of subdivisions of Romania

List

Economy

HDI index

See also

References